Reflections of a Civil War Historian: Essays on Leadership, Society, and the Art of WarUniversity of Missouri Press, 2004 - 254 pages |
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... better structured than the Union's was early in the war, but with Grant's emergence to high prominence following the fall of Vicksburg, Union com- mand structure, on the whole, thenceforth equaled, and eventually surpassed, that of the ...
... better structured than the Union's was early in the war, but with Grant's emergence to high prominence following the fall of Vicksburg, Union com- mand structure, on the whole, thenceforth equaled, and eventually surpassed, that of the ...
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... better (as Lincoln assuredly did) Davis's interaction with his generals became vastly more complex and problematical. Davis failed to make peace, or come to terms, with Beauregard, from whom he had early become alienated. Hence he ...
... better (as Lincoln assuredly did) Davis's interaction with his generals became vastly more complex and problematical. Davis failed to make peace, or come to terms, with Beauregard, from whom he had early become alienated. Hence he ...
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... better : the guns pointed northeast and were nestled along a commanding ridge about a quarter of a mile long . They may have been situated just behind a stone wall ( which of course would have offered cover to the gun- ners , helping to ...
... better : the guns pointed northeast and were nestled along a commanding ridge about a quarter of a mile long . They may have been situated just behind a stone wall ( which of course would have offered cover to the gun- ners , helping to ...
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... better of the ex- change . " 127 Longstreet's postwar bitterness notwithstanding , it is difficult to assess his and General Lee's apparent restraint at the time concerning 26. See SHSP 6 : 59–70 , 215–17 , 250-54 . 27. Gallagher gives ...
... better of the ex- change . " 127 Longstreet's postwar bitterness notwithstanding , it is difficult to assess his and General Lee's apparent restraint at the time concerning 26. See SHSP 6 : 59–70 , 215–17 , 250-54 . 27. Gallagher gives ...
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Contents
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35 | |
The War Strikes Home | 52 |
A Virginian | 66 |
Lincolns Presidential Example in Dealing with the Military | 78 |
The War inside the Church | 99 |
The Crux of Frank L | 111 |
We Shall Cease to Be Friends | 133 |
Civil War to World War I | 147 |
The War Board the Basis of the United States | 158 |
Creation Mobilization | 169 |
The Evolution of Tactics in the Civil War | 200 |
On Remembering and Reliving History | 221 |
Index | 237 |
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